The curtain came down on the 25th edition of T.R.A.F.F.I.C.  Wednesday morning when the 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference closed with the show's traditional Farewell Breakfast at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Florida's Fort Lauderdale Beach. 

A scene from the 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East Farewell Breakfast Wednesday morning (Oct. 23)

I've always thought the Farewell Breakfast was a perfect way to end a productive and thoroughly enjoyable week at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. It's a chance to spend a final hour or two with your business brothers and sisters in a completely relaxing environment - no more running to catch the next conference session or make a meeting. Of course, those sessions and meetings are why just about everyone left the show filled with energy and optimism about the year ahead, but at the same time, after being on the go pretty much non stop from sunrise to midnight every day, it's nice to sit back with friends and a cup of coffee to relax and recharge before beginning the journey home.

Above: Sedo's Jeff Wood (at far left) finishes filling a plate at 
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East's Farewell Breakfast Wedneasday morning.

Below: Vincent Jacques (VinsDomains.com) and his wife Annette  at breakfast.

This was the last year of T.R.A.F.F.I.C.'s 3-year run at the beautiful Ritz Carlton overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Next fall the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East show will move a few miles down the coast to Miami Beach where it will run Oct. 12-15, 2014 at the fabulous beachfront Fontainebleau Hotel. While the Ritz was a great location, many people go to every T.R.A.F.F.I.C. show, so it's good to give them a change of scenery every two of three years.

Before that Miami Beach show rolls around, many will attend the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West conference that will return to the world renowned Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas May 28-31, 2014 (you can see our review of the 2013 show at the Bellagio here). It will be very interesting to see how the months between now and next May play out. Those at breakfast Wednesday think we will have a lot to smile about when T.R.A.F.F.I.C. reconvenes in Las Vegas. 

At one breakfast table Wednesday morning (left to right) Bob Olea, Alan Hack, Lonnie Borck, Freddie Schiwek, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu, and Bill Sweetman enjoyed comparing notes before saying goodbye until next time.

We wound up taking over 1,500 photos at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. this week so we only had a chance to share a small fraction of those with you in our daily Lowdown posts (including those from the final day of business that I didn't get a chance to publish until we got back to Tampa last night). We've saved some of the best ones for a Cover Story Photo Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. that we will be publishing by the end of next week. That will put the highlights from a highly rewarding week in South Florida in one spot for easy future reference. 

In the meantime, thanks to the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. family - Rick & Alina Schwartz, Howard & Barbara Neu, Ray Neu & Kimberly Howard, for again making T.R.A.F.F.I.C. such a true home away from home.